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No. 505,4 9. 1 @"tented Sept. 2 1893.

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No. 505,499. Patented Sept. 26, 1 93.

I I i JZZ@eo Q r fid- Z W I a a it UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SETH WHEELER, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

RO LL- PAPER BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,499, datedSeptember 26, 1893.

Application as March 1, 1893.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SETH WHEELER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Albany, Albany county, New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Roll- Paper Brackets; and I do herebydeclarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved paper-rollbracket, espe-. cially adapted for roll toilet paper.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows a vertical sectional view of one end ofmy bracket and a side elevation of the other end or half thereof, thelongitudinal arm being broken off to allow the latch to be clearly seen;Fig. 2 a side elevation of the bracket in similar position; Fig. 3 asimilar view to Fig. 2 but showing a side elevation of oneof the headpieces and a partial view of the connecting arm; Fig. 4 aplan View ofone of the head pieces as it appears when attached to the wall by thebase plate (base platenotshown in this figure) Fig. 5 a side elevationof the bracket as it stands on its base plate showing the reverse sideof that shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 a plan view of the inner end of headpiece 3.

The numeral 1 shows the base plate, which may be of any configuration,and which has openings for screws or other fastening devices as shown,by which the base plate may be attached to a wall or other object.

On the under surface of the base plate 1, will be seen a semicircularoffset 10 and at its forward edge an opening through the base platethrough which the curved hinge 9 passes. This hinge 9 is preferably ofmetal and is attached to swinging end piece 2 by a bolt preferably asshown, the bolt, preferably having its fast end cast into the body ofthe end piece 2 so as to leave a smooth surface on the outer face oftheend piece. In one piece,-preferably, with end piece 2, is chamberedhead piece 3 having a push button t, latch 6 in connection therewith andcoil spring 8 in said chamber. The push button 4 is preferably a castpiece and has a staple 5 cast into it, pref- Serial No. 464,222. (Nomodel.)

erably, and the latch 6 has a notch in its rear or fast end which notchengages with the staple 5, the notch allowing of but little motion aboutthe staple on accountof its shape and slight area, so that when once inengagement therewith and with the resilience of the coil spring 8 actingon the push button 4, to forceit rearward and keep the staple 5 and thenotch in latch 6 in close engagement, the staple and the latch can notbecome unhooked. On the free end of latch 6 is an offset 7 which keepsthe latch from being drawn rearward through opening 16 by action of thespring 8. As thus arranged, when the swinging head piece is swungagainst the free or forward end of the arm 18 as in Fig. 4, with theface of the said arm and of plate 12 turned upward, as they are when thedevice is fastened against a wall ready for actual use, the nose of thelatch 6, which is preferably in form of a figure 4, will have moved overthe forward end of plate 12 and, by gravity solely, will have falleninto the opening in said plate 12 which will lock the head piece 3 tothe arm 18, and when a roll of paper is in position on the arm and headpieces 3 and 11, it will cover the latch 6 so it cannot be reached andcan only be given movement by operating the push button 4, but anyoperating of said button will not unlock the device as is evident byviewing Fig. iwhere itwill be seen that any operation of the button 4:possible will only move the nose of the latch longitudinally in theopening in plate 12, whereas, in order to cause the latch to disengagefrom said opening, a rising motion must be given to the latch, a motionthat it is'impossible to give said latch by any motion. communicable tobutton 4 while the roll of paper is on the device ready for use. Thelongitudinal movement given the latch 6 is abackward and forwardlongitudinal movement because of the locking device being resilient bymeans of the spring 8 and the locking device is therefore a resilient orspringy locking device and is not rigid. The device is, therefore,unlockable while a roll of paper is in position on it and the papercannot be taken bodily away, without first unrolling the whole roll.When the roll is exhausted, the latch 6 is lifted upwardly, the swingingend swung back,a new roll placed on the arm 18 and the swinging endswung against the end of the roll when the nose of the latch 6 entersopening in plate 12 and the roll is thus looked upon the device. 011 therear of the arm 18 is a swinging guard 13 pivoted to that armby thepivot 14. The forward end of this guard 13 projects slightly beyond theextreme end of the arm 18 and plate 12. The object of this guard and itsaction is, that the swinging head 3 may be brought nearer to or fartheraway from the end of the arm 18 and the plate 12 as maybe desired andthis is accomplished by making an opening in head 3 to receive the endof the guard 13, which allows of the end 3 being brought close to oragainst the end of plate 12 and when this is done the end 3 presses moretightly against the end of the roll of paper and acts as a brake uponits revoluble motion causingit to roll only by the exertion ofconsiderable force,

. preferably stationary.

and as the revoluble motion is given it by drawing on the end of thepaper, and as the paper is perforated or cut at intervals, itis evidentthat the force of the pull necessary to revolve the roll will also tearoff the paper at the perforations or cuttings, sheet after sheetsuccessively, and when so set and used the device is called a singledelivery apparatus. That the end 3 is forced against the end of the rollof paper and acts as a brake thereon is evident by considering theaction of spring 8 whose tendency is to constantly draw the head 3against the paper and when the forward end of the guard 13 is in theopening 15 the spring acts with all the pressure the device is arrangedto allow of.

When it is desired to have what is known as a continuous delivery ofpaper, i. a, a delivery in long unparted sheets, the guard 13, beforethe roll is put in position on the device, is turned or swung so as topresent its free end to the inner surface of the head 3 as shown in Fig.3, when the head 3 will be held away from the end of plate 12 and awayfrom the end of the roll of paper and will not act as a break thereonbut will allow the roll to be unwound freely and so as not to part thepaper at the perforations or cuttings. The device is therefore, a singleor a free or continuous delivery device in accordance with the way it isset and at the will of the operator when placing the roll on the device.The head piece 3 and head 11 are preferably made with pitched surfacesas shown, and head 11 is preferablya casting and in one piece with arm18 while end piece 17 and head 11 are The arm 18 is preferablysemicircular in cross section but head those skilled in the art may useand make the same, what I claim is 1. A roll paper bracket having twohead pieces, one at least of which is movable, and having alongitudinally protruding arm ex tending across the bracket and endingin proximity to one of the head pieces, and having a latch engaging withthe arm, said latch being attached to a push button and having aspring'between the button and the free end of the latch arranged topress the latch rearward, substantially as described.

2. A roll paper bracket consisting of a movable head piece and a rigidhead piece and a spring actuated latch and having an arm extendingacross the bracket with which thelatch engages, the latch protrudingthrough one of the head pieces and having a stop on said latch arrangedto prevent the nose of the latch from being drawn rearward into the headpiece, substantially as described.

3. A roll paper bracket having a movable headpiece and having aresilient device, a movable latch and an actuating device attachedthereto, the latch having a longitudinal movement, said bracket alsohaving a stationary headpiece, a portion of which terminates inproximity to the movable headpiece, and having a catch with which thelatch engages locking the headpieces together, substantially asdescribed.

4. A roll paper bracket having a movable headpiece with a resilientdevice, a movable latch and an actuating device for the latch,

the latch having a longitudinal and a vertical motion, said bracket alsohaving a stationary headpiece a portion of which terminates in proximityto the movable headpiece and having a catch with which the latchengages, the latch being immovable vertically when the paper roll is inplace on the bracket and the bracket placed ready for use substantiallyas described.

5. A roll paper bracket having a movable headpiece and an immovable one,a portion of the latter extending across the bracket in proximity to theaccompanying headpiece and having a guard or piece extending be yond theextremity of one of the headpieces, and having a cavity in the other inwhich the end of the guard or piece may enter, allowing the twoheadpieces to approach each other, said guard or piece being movable andarranged to rest out of said cavity when desired thus separating theheadpieces farther from each other substantially as described.

6. A roll paper bracket having two headpieces, one at least of which ismovable, and a swinging separating device arranged to separate theheadpieces when desired and be moved and allow them to approach eachother when desired substantially as described.

7. A roll paper bracket having two headpieces between which a roll ofpaper may be held, one at least of said headpieces being movable, thatthe roll of paper may be put in position on the bracket, one of saidheadpieces having an arm extending across the bracket and locked to theother, and having a guard arranged to keep the headpieces at apredetermined distance apart substantially as described.

8. A roll paper bracket having two headpieces between which a roll ofpaper may be held, one of which at least being movable that the roll ofpaper may be put in place, one of said headpieces being chambered andhaving a locking device arranged in said chamber, the other headpiecehaving an arm in proximity to the chambered headpiece and arranged toengage with the locking device when in such proximity and lock the rollof paper on the bracket substantially as described.

9. A roll paper bracket having a movable head piece and a rigid headpiece provided with a longitudinally protruding arm extending across thebracket and ending in proximity to the other head piece, and having aresilient locking device arranged to yieldingly lock the head piecestogether, substantially as described.

10. A roll paper bracket consisting of a movable head piece and a rigidhead piece and having a resilient locking device arranged to yieldinglylock the head pieces together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SETH WHEELER' Witnesses:

WM. M. WHEELER, J. J. JANsEN.

